Beyond 300: Why star Bronco is set for 2026

Brisbane captain Adam Reynolds now has an offer on the table from the club for next year and a burning desire to take the Broncos back to the top.
Ahead of his 300th NRL against Gold Coast on Saturday night at Suncorp Stadium, the veteran halfback explained why he wanted a final season with the Broncos to cap a career that started in 2012 at South Sydney.
"I still love the game. I still enjoy turning up to training and working hard with my teammates and going over video with my coaches," he said.
"The same passion I had as a 21-year-old I've still got today as a 34-year-old. I still have the burning desire to go out and compete and win. I love the competition with my teammates and coaches. The club has been fantastic."
The 2014 premiership winner is recognised as possessing one of the best kicking games of any player of the modern era.
He has won countless games with the boot, an art he learned in the backstreets of Redfern where he grew up.
A young Reynolds would kick the ball at garbage bins and lamp posts and fine tune his craft with muscle memory.
"As a young fella I didn't realise I was practising at the time, but I pretty much grew up with a football in hand," he said.
"I woke up with a football and went to bed with a football, pretty much carried it wherever I was going. Those hours all play a part into obviously the skill set I have today. I am trying to perfect it and get it right on a daily basis.
"It presents new challenges year after year with defences getting smarter. It's something I loved doing as a kid and I still love doing it.
"I get to go home of an afternoon and kick the ball around with my son and it brings back some good memories of when I was that age kicking the ball around with my old man. It's a full circle."
Reynolds said he was not disheartened by Brisbane's form slump of six losses in seven games. His focus is on digging the side out of a hole.
"It's not too hard. I love turning up to work and I love trying to fight out of any situation that we are in, whether it's good or bad," he said.
"I think there's some beauty in it all. Rugby league is a rollercoaster and you have to make the most of each and every day.
"I think there's no point dwelling on the negatives, it's all positive in my mindset. How do I turn this around and how do I fight out of it? As a club we are working extremely hard to do that together, we are staying united and no doubt we will change the momentum."
The Broncos have named fullback Reece Walsh to return from a posterior cruciate ligament injury that has kept him out since round seven.
Walsh will be given until the captain's run to prove his fitness. Pat Carrigan has been switched from prop to lock and outside back Deine Mariner has been dropped.
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